Conceiving, nurturing and leading several global financial technologies initiatives over the span of 18+ year retail banking, payments and fintech investments career.
Daniel Gusev:
2015 - Co-founder and product leader of Paysend – a 10+ million user international money remitter
2016 - Co-founder and managing partner of Digital Space Ventures, investments in Revolut, Tandem, Albert
2019 - Inception and product leadership of a major regional e-commerce wallet - JV with Alipay
2019 - Launch of Gauss VC with early-stage global investments in fintech, evolved today into a global incubation in “shift technologies”, enabling pillars of global economic growth
Daniel holds degrees in History, International Relations and in Finance, worked with Visa’s CEMEA Innovation Lab, World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, McKinsey and others, presently advises several international companies and global funds.
4 Global Fintech Projects and Counting
Paysend (UK), Digital Space Ventures (EU), Major Wallet JV with Alipay (2021), Gauss Ventures & Gauss Growth Capital
Links:
I’ve relentlessly tracked and blogged about emerging waves of innovation in financial services, focussing on specific regions and topics. Below listed are a few snippets
Books & Articles:
The Book of Payments: Edited by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo and Leonidas Efthymiou
World Bank - Russia Landscaping Report: Financial Inclusion
A Study of Global Correspondent Banking and Use of Alternative Value-chains in Emerging Markets
A Study of the Economic Model of Japan and the Challenges faced by its Banking Industry
Historical and Legal Analysis of the Adoption of PSD2 (originally published in 2018)